#af9fca

Color #af9fca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#af9fca

RGB

rgb(175, 159, 202)

HSL

hsl(262.3, 28.9%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.3, 21.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(68.15, 14.27, -19.87)

LCH

lch(68.15, 24.46, 305.68)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0637, 301.84)

HWB

hwb(262.3, 62.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baca9f

Analogous

#9fa5ca

#af9fca

#c59fca

Triadic

#af9fca

#caaf9f

#9fcaaf

Split-complementary

#af9fca

#cac59f

#a5ca9f

Tetradic

#af9fca

#ca9fba

#baca9f

#9fcaaf

Square

#af9fca

#ca9fa5

#baca9f

#9fcac5

Shades

Color #af9fca mixed toward black.

#8f78b5

#6f569b

#544074

#382b4e

#1c1527

Tints

Color #af9fca mixed toward white.

#bcafd3

#cabfdc

#d7cfe5

#e4dfed

#f2eff6

Tones

Color #af9fca mixed toward gray.

#b0a3c6

#b1a6c3

#b2aabf

#b3adbc

#b4b1b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c1 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#a9aabe · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#aeb9b7 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 17.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #af9fca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9fca]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#af9fca (#af9fca) is rgb(175, 159, 202) in RGB.

No, #af9fca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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